Month: October 2022
- Diplomacy
News: EU to present resolution extending mandate of UN Rights Experts on Ethiopia
ICHREE chairwoman, Kaari Betty Murungi, presenting the Commission’s first report to the UN Human Rights Council’s 51st regular session. Picture: Screenshot Addis Abeba – Josep Borrell, High Representative and Vice-President of the European Union, told EU parliament members that the block “will present a resolution at the Human Rights Council renewing the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights…
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News: Germany, France offer support to transport, distribute 50,000 tons of wheat donated by Ukraine for Ethiopia, Somalia
Ship carrying Ukrainian wheat leaves the port of Odesa, ©picture alliance / Photoshot/German Federal Foreign Office Addis Abeba – Germany and France offered their support to transport and distribute 50,000 tons of wheat donated by Ukraine for Ethiopia and Somalia, two of the countries in the Horn of Africa severely affected by the ongoing drought. According to a statement sent…
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Business: Safaricom Ethiopia switches network, services in Addis Abeba, holds national launch ceremony
Picture: Safaricom Ethiopia Addis Abeba – Safaricom Ethiopia has today switched on its network and services in Addis Abeba and will hold a national launch ceremony, following a successful series of customer network pilots in 10 cities across Ethiopia. The “07” network in Addis Abeba is offering customers 4G data, voice, and SMS services between Safaricom Ethiopia and Ethio Telecom…
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News: President William Ruto arrives in Addis Abeba
President William Ruto and Prime Minister Abiy Ahemd at the Bole International Airport VIP lounge. Picture: MoFA/Ethiopia Addis Abeba – President William Ruto has arrived in Addis Abeba this morning for an official visit. He was welcomed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. During his stay in Ethiopia, the President is expected to discuss on various bilateral, regional and international issues,…
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News: Tigray region govt says it accepts AU invitation, requests clarification
Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD). Photo: Tigray Media House. Addis Abeba – In a statement issued this evening, the government of Tigray regional state said it had accepted an invitation for peace talks extended by the African Union, but it requests clarification on who had been invited as participants, observers and guarantors as we as the roles that the AU envisaged “for…
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News: UN experts warn women and girls fleeing war in Tigray, Amhara, Afar at heightened risk of trafficking for sexual exploitation
Survivors of sexual violence in Tigray. Picture: Human Rights Watch/November 2021 Addis Ababa: UN experts warn women and girls in the war affected regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara, in Northern Ethiopia are increasingly vulnerable to abduction and trafficking for sexual exploitation as they flee the war. “We are alarmed by reports of refugee and internally displaced women and girls…
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News: Ethiopia says it accepts peace talks invitation by AU
Tigray’s leader Debretsion Gebremichael (PHD) and Olusegun Obasanjo, AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa in Mekelle. Photo: Getachew Reda Addis Ababa: The Government of Ethiopia says it has accepted a peace talks invitation issued by the African Union to resolve the 21 months war in Ethiopia. “The African Union’s official invitation is consistent with the Ethiopian Government’s prior…
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News: Fed. prosecutor presses multiple charges against journalists Gobeze Sisay, Meaza Mohammed and author Asaye Deribe
From left: Meaza Moahmmed, Asaye Deribe and Gobeze Sisay Addis Abeba – The Federal prosecutor has filed multiple charges against journalists Gobeze Sisay, Meaza Mohammed as well as author and activist Asaye Deribe, who has been detained since mid-September the Ministry of Justice has announced. The details of the charges, which were filed at the federal court on Friday 30…
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